ANALYSIS: Declaration of wealth an uphill task but positive move-analysts Storyline:Archive, National News, Opinions Prime Minister Hassan Khaire’s announcement the new administration starting from the President will declare their wealth in a move to promote open governance and tame run-away graft in the country… 4 mins read
2 mins read Storyline:World Fearing disease, Kenyans burn animal carcasses as drought deepens By Reuters Villagers in northern Kenya have begun to burn piles of animal carcases, hoping to head off an outbreak of disease as their livestock starve to death in the…
5 mins read Storyline:National News Somaliland drought “a kind of nightmare” – and a security threat: minister Prolonged drought in Somaliland has killed between 65 and 80 percent of the semi-autonomous region’s livestock, creating conditions that are “the worst time in our lives” and could threaten regional…
2 mins read Storyline:National News, Science & Tech World has just months to stop starvation in Yemen, Somalia – Red Cross The world has got just three to four months to save millions of people in Yemen and Somalia from starvation, as drought and war wreck crops and block aid across…
5 mins read Storyline:Archive, National News, Opinions THE INTERVIEW: Navigating the foreign policy maze for Farmaajo administration That umbilical cord of dependency must be cut– Abukar AS PRESIDENT MOHAMED FARMAAJO charts the course of his next four years as the country’s chief executive, a host of challenges…
4 mins read Storyline:Science & Tech For Ugandan children, hunger and HIV make a deadly mix Seven-year-old Esther Agutti weighs 7 kilos – a third of the weight of the average child her age. She has been in hospital in Katakwi, eastern Uganda, for three days.…
2 mins read Storyline:National News President, PM and Cabinet to declare their wealth- PM Khaire The President, Prime Minister and the cabinet will be required to declare their property and be subjected to an audit when leaving office, Prime Minister Hassan Khaire announced Tuesday setting…
2 mins read Storyline:National News UN agency approves $ 22 mln loan for relief efforts in Somalia The UN agricultural agency FAO has okayed a $22 million loan to bolster relief efforts in drought-hit regions of Somalia. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien said millions of Somalia are facing the…
2 mins read Storyline:National News PM Khaire names 68 member cabinet, 42 MPs join the executive as 8 women take up posts Prime Minister Hassan Khaire has unveiled a 68 member cabinet handing only eight slots to women and pairing 15 ministries with state ministers. Out of the 68, the PM named…
2 mins read Storyline:National News UNHCR condemns killings of Somalis in Yemen, calls for inquiry The UN refugee agency UNHCR has called for inquiry into the killing of 42 Somalis in Yemen Friday while condemning the killings as appalling and unwarranted. UNHCR commissioner Filippo Grandi…